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Simon Best

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7

Publications

292

Citations

7

H-Index

1987

Active since

Affiliations

University of Auckland(Current)

Australian National University

Simon Best is an author at University of Auckland specializing in archaeology, anthropology, and language studies.

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ArchaeologyAnthropologyLanguageGeologyEngineeringEarth ScienceBioarchaeologyHistoric ArchaeologyCultureEducation

Publications per year

1987–2016

7

Publications

7

Necromancing the Stone: Archaeologists and Adzes in Samoa

Simon Best, Peter Sheppard, Roger Green et al. · Journal of the Polynesian Society · 1992 · 86 citations

Prehistoric Archaeology, Engineering, Bioarchaeology +12

Long distance obsidian travel and possible implications for the settlement of Fiji

Simon Best · Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania · 1987 · 58 citations

Geology, Possible Implications, Archaeology

At the Halls of the Mountain Kings. Fijian and Samoan fortifications: comparison and analysis

Simon Best · Journal of the Polynesian Society · 1993 · 47 citations

D'upolu Dans, Samoan Fortifications, Sommet Des Collines +4

Ancient tortoise hunting in the southwest Pacific

Stuart Hawkins, Trevor H. Worthy, Stuart Bedford et al. · Scientific Reports · 2016 · 31 citations · Full text

Further Investigations at the Naigani Lapita site (VL 21/5), Fiji: Excavation, Radiocarbon Dating and Palaeofaunal Extinction

Geoffrey Irwin, Trevor H. Worthy, Simon Best et al. · Journal of Pacific Archaeology · 2011 · 30 citations · Full text

Engineering, Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology +17

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